Quiz 7. A Helping Hand
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1. Birds and wasps/nga manu me nga wapi Birds and native bees/nga manu me nga pi maori Possums and bees/nga paihamu me nga pi were the only competitors that tui had before humans came to live in New Zealand. Today tui face other threats that make it difficult for them to 2. Survive, find food and reproduce/ora, rapua he kai me whakapupuke Grow, find food and sleep/whakatipu, rapua he kai me he moe Find food, reproduce and fly/ rapua he kai, whakapupuke me he rere .
The main predators of tui are 3. Rats, cats, birds, possums nga kiore, ngeru, manu, paihamu Cats, goats, bats, possums/nga ngeru, koati, pekapeka, paihamu Rats, cats, goats, possums/nga kiore, ngeru, koati, paihamu . The main competitors of tui are 4. Wasps, cats, possums/ nga wapi, ngeru, paihamu Possums, wasps, goats/nga paihamu, wapi, koati Wasps, introduced birds, possums/nga wapi, manu momo tauhou, paihamu . The best way we can help tui is by controlling the predators by using 5. Guns and poisons/ nga pu me nga paitini Traps and poisons/nga tawhiti me nga paitini Traps and guns/nga tawhiti me nga pu . Baits are placed in 6. Trees/nga rakau Bait stations/nga paepae mounu Buckets/nga pakete to prevent birds like weka and kiwi from being killed. The bait is coloured 7. Red/whero Blue/kikorangi Green/kakariki and flavoured with 8. Honey/honi Cinnamon/raukikini Carrot/kareti to attract mammals and keep birds away. Traps to kill rats and stoats are usually placed 9. Inside a tunnel/i roto i he kauhanga ana Up a tree/i runga i he rakau In a hole in the ground/i roto i he rua i te papa to keep other animals away.
10. List four reasons why there are very few tui left in Canterbury. Reason 1: Reason 2: Reason 3: Reason 4:
11. What are two things that scientists may be able to do in the future to help reduce the number of tui predators? One: Two:
